Co-Founder & Board Member
Glowork
Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months
Khalid being the Co-Founder has helped create thousands of jobs for women. This led Glowork to be awarded the “Best Innovation Globally” for job creation by the UN, ILO & World Bank.
Glowork is:
the first company dedicated to enable women in the workplace throughout the Middle East
Created more than 20, 000 jobs for women throughout the Kingdom so far,
Won the ILO, World Bank, UN Award for best initiative in job creation throughout the world endorsed by H.E. Adel Fakieh, the Saudi Minister of Labor
Won the Best Education Project at the Arab Investment Summit
Won the most innovative solution for job creation from the UN, World Bank and ILO for the virtual offices solution created to assist women in rural areas to find opportunities
Glowork began conducting Career Fair in Riyadh and it extended to 4 seasons with extension into more cities within KSA with latest Career Fair resulting in 65, 000 attendees and employing 3, 800 women.
Our Mission, Vision & Objectives:
To be the leading E-portal career gateway for females
To assist female talent in securing clear and concise careers across the region
To establish ourselves as a one-stop shop for female career advisory.
To associate ourselves with the government and Companies in order to increase the diversity percentage to 50%.
To associate ourselves with large corporations and ensure security is granted to all recruited females.
To assist universities in developing graduate females and assisting them in the short and long term career path.
To exceed 5, 000, 000 CV's & succeed in securing at least 50, 000 jobs in the next 5 years.
Brief Job Summary:
• Served as a leader in the financial aid profession and set an example for other members of the association and for external constituencies.
• Worked extensively to help create and design policies, procedures and enhance quality and customer operations
• Recognize and uphold all responsibilities vested in the board. Submit timely reports that coincide with the work of the office or committee.
• Adhered to the policies and procedures adopted by the association and provide suggestions for change when appropriate.
• Active participant in decisions made by the Board on behalf of the members.
• Provided leadership and direction to all activities of the association, the executive Board and all standing and ad hoc committees.
• Provided consultancy with highly dynamic strategies and process
MOTABAQAH International Laboratories is a dynamic and rapidly growing company founded using state-of-the-art technology to offer quality based safety testing services to its customers. The company has its wholly owned and operating 17 testing laboratories all over the kingdom covering 10 different industry sectors.
After his effective management of Transformative Project of Motabaqah International Laboratories for two years (2016 & 2017) his notable leadership and management produced effective results. Hence, Motabaqah Board admittedly appointed Khalid at the post of CEO effective January 2018.
Motabaqah International now under the auspicious leadership of Khalid Al Saleh is propelled to take the organization to newer heights with his dreams and visions.
Khalid, as the Chief Executive Officer of this challenging business company is leading with his hard work and dedication to expand the entity’s presence in government and private sectors. With his unmatched leadership skills Motabaqah continues to grow and provide socially responsible services.
He is developing the strategies and policies to restructure the company’s growth and is handling the overall production of sales force and overseeing the implementation of the company’s integrated sales and marketing efforts.
With 17 years of experience Khalid is appointed as CEO, a position he has exceled at since 2011. He is focusing on building a culture of engagement, operational excellence and innovation which shall drive record results.
Applus International is the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company with its headquarters in Spain. A global reference for quality and integrity providing solutions for clients in all types of sectors. Applus International has its wings in KSA in the form of Applus Arabia applying the most modern technologies of testing, calibration, verification and certification of conformity.
Being the CEO of Applus Arabia, Khalid did a great job in establishing the company and developing an Electrical Lab, registration with local entities, building relations with private and government sectors and maintaining work with SASO.
Applus Arabia won and signed a two years Consultation Contract with Motabaqah International Laboratories which was meant for a transformation of Motabaqah International Company. Khalid besides his role as Chief Executive Officer of Applus Arabia was appointed to handle this project of transforming Motabaqah International into growth generating business for the period of two years 2016 to 2017.
Khalid accepted this challenge to handle this project and worked extremely hard with head to toe management during the two years of revolutionary period of this growth-picking company.
Khalid enjoyed serving in AluGate Aluminum Systems Company which is one of the international manufactures in the fabrication and installation of Aluminum, Glass, Structure Glazing, Curtain Wall, Windows & Doors, Skylights, Shutters, Louvers, Frameless, & Cladding. AluGate has a management staff with an experience of more than 25 years in Saudi Arabia, Gulf, and Middle East.
Brief Job Summary:
• Direct and control the work and resources of the company and ensured the recruitment and retention of the required numbers and types of well-motivated, trained and developed staff to ensure that it achieves its mission and objectives.
• Prepare a corporate plan and annual business plan and monitor progress against these plans to ensure that the company attains its objectives as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Provide strategic advice and guidance to the chairman and the members of the board, to keep them aware of developments within the industry and to ensure that the appropriate policies are developed to meet the company’s mission and objectives and to comply with all relevant statutory and other regulations.
• Establish and maintain effective formal and informal links with major customers, relevant government departments and agencies, local authorities, key decision-makers and other stakeholders generally, to exchange information and views and to ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
• Design and approve business plans with executable deadlines keeping in ordinance the opinions of board members and made sure the plans were implemented
Khalid accepted the challenge to work with Construction and Development Company Limited (CDL) which was established in 1994 as a General Contracting Company. The Company’s mission is to provide quality and timely completed construction services at competitive rates. CDL has been involved and had completed several important projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and currently working on various prestigious projects in the Central and Western Regions.
Brief Job Summary:
• Leading, guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of other executive leaders including presidents, vice presidents, and directors, depending on the organization's reporting structure
• Soliciting advice and guidance, when appropriate, from a Board of Directors.
• Formulating and implementing the strategic plan that guides the direction of the business or organization
Khalid grew professionally working with Dr. Café Coffee which is a leading coffee company that provides unmatched standards in high quality products, knowledgeable and friendly services in an outstanding place experience to suit each individual guest’s lifestyle.
Brief Job Summary:
• Increase net income by 50% in two years
• Khalid joined with 59 stores and left dr.CAFE with 101 stores in two years’ time
• Client Relation Development with banks and aided in opening new markets not targeted earlier and found financing solutions which lead to 21% of increase in sales in the first year of joining
• Brought more sales success in the 2nd year with 22% on top of 21% with overall chain management
• Also helped increase sales in the existing stores by 10% in the second year on top of the 9% in the first year in addition to bringing the extensive stock of equipment in efficient use
• Establishing appropriate structures and business processes in all business functions including Operations, HR, Finance, Customer Service, Sales, Quality Assurance, Catering, Training and Business Development
Khalid joined Deutsche Gulf Finance when it was a startup company (Under formation) without any active process and procedures nor system as Operations & Servicing Director. The Operations is a critical division as it is the core activity of providing home finance to the customers. The position has multiple tasks which include, processing, servicing, collection, titling, compliance and internal audit.
Projects & Development:
He managed the team to build/structure a process map and process description, identifying / putting the system’s business requirement and ensure implementation for each department under the Operations & Servicing Division which are as follows:
• Closing Department
• Funding Department
• Collection and Default Management
• Takaful Company Relationship Management
• Servicing Retention & Customer Care (All of the after sales services)
• Managed Call Center Department
• Credit Bureau Company (SIMAH) Relationship Management
I joined the bank in November 2004 as the Customer Service and Quality Regional Manager of Corporate & Commercial Banking in the Central Region (CSD). CSD is a single window concept to entertain corporate, commercial banking clients' operational needs and requirement. This allows customers to divert all their banking requests, inquiries & complaints to dedicated Customer Service Officers. As a second role CSD plays a middle contact point role between clients.
Projects & Assignment:
• Customer relationship management system (CRM), as a business project manager.
• RB National champion project as a member.
• Project Manager of Islamic lending reengineering project.
• Corporate Bank Shariah compliance representative in all SAMA communications audits and reviews.
• Designed and implemented an in-house customer inquiries and complaints tracking & management system.
Khalid joined Samba in 2001 & worked with Customer Service Center as a Customer Service Representative. Over approximately four years period he was appraised as a top performer. He built a good working relationship with my managers, supervisors, colleagues and internal / external clients. My last position was Relationship Service Supervisor in SAMBA Corporate Customer Service Center (Citibank - service model). My main job responsibilities & accountabilities are outlined as follows:
Special Assignments:
• Training and developing job skills of new staff joining the service teams
• Revisiting all divisional related processes annually
• Preparing process mapping for all products when required
• Conduct Quality Service Assurance (QSA) on quarterly basis
Personal Achievements
• Evaluated as outstanding for 3 years continuously & I obtained three promotions.
• Awarded as SAMBA Service Excellence of the year of 2002
